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| - So far I've only been to the Parlor once, and I had a fabulously delicious salad... but I'll be back.
I am always thrilled when a business takes an architecturally interesting building and updates it while preserving all that's good with the original structure. In fact I feel so strongly about this that I absolutely boycott businesses that tear down wonderful structures and build their own all-new places on the gravesite of what once was.
This is a place that looks like, from the street, there might be very little parking - but don't be fooled! There is a huge lot in the back.
The Parlor was an old beauty parlor.... not someplace you'd think about eating italian food, but the building update they undertook is just awesome and wonderful in every way. They preserved and integrated exposed old wood beams, and even the beauty parlor chairs - faithfully and painstakingly cleaned and preserved - are now bar stools. There are just too many details I want to look at again. I noticed that there is a stunning fireplace outside, this will be a must-stop once the weather turns chilly again. (Please: someday it will be chilly again, right?)
I'm mostly talking in this review about ambiance because that is what struck me most strongly, along with the deliciously fresh salad I had for lunch that day. As an aside, I was there really really late for lunch - like 2:30 pm - and the cook didn't notice my order had been placed by the waitress -so after about 15 or 20 minutes, I asked if she could check on my salad.... then I got it right away. This was no big deal, I had been reading the paper and it wasn't an obnoxiously long delay.... well, they absolutely REFUSED to let me pay for my lunch. The cook profusely apologized. The waitress profusely apologized. The manager profusely apologized. Very, very classy place. So despite the glitch, I think they still deserve 5 stars for going above and beyond to make sure I was happy.
I'll be back!
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